Holiday Inn Exp Puerto Madero Buenos Aires

... an ecological reserve east of the city center. However it must have been día de las ferias because there was another fair happening in that area and the crowds were too much to handle! We stopped in to see the reserve, but it is still early spring here and the flora had not quite grown in and it looked more like reserva muerto y moreno (dead and brown reserve).

Because of the beautiful weather we decided ...

... which was quite cute.

On saturday night we went to one of those tango shows which the concierge had arranged for us. Although it is a very 'touristy' thing to do, we thought it was well worth the money as the dancers and the musicians put up a tremendous show. The show included dinner, which was not so good, but we decided to make it all palatable with some extra caipi's and a bottle of vino tinto.

We did manage to go for a sushi lunch ...

... around the hostel waiting for the chealsea barcelona game to start at 1545. Started on the beer at 3 and kept on till early the next morning. I was in the hostel bar for over 12 hours!!! Started to go a little stir crazy! Thursday had a wander down to San Telmo. Was a nice place wioth tango shows (again) and some old guy tap dancing. Went out for a steak dinner again, got a rump, the thing was enormous! A good foot long half a foot wide and a couple of inshecs thinck!!

... in particular) and even more dodgy areas. One of the guidebook says ´it is very easy to stumble into an insalubrious area´. I don´t really know what that means, but I think it might be ture. Anyway, with bus ticket booked, we will be heading North to Rosario on Friday afternoon. So until the beginning of June, it´s goodbye to Buenos Aires.

... ve owned this many dresses since I was a toddler! (Dad, know you´ll be pleased.) We go with Nat to the Lonius jazz club, very small, very cool and quite dark...we chill out and appreciate a bit of jazz...nice. but they do great cocktails and while everyone else is sipping wine slowly we´re enjoying frozen mohjitos and maybe a bit of impromptu dancing. We head to Club 69 which has amazing transvestite and breakdancing shows plus a very cool retro soul music ...

... are a bit too easy, but a good review nonetheless. When I'm not in class, I'm really enjoying being in the city, surrounded by people and activity all the time. I haven't been bored for a minute, except when I'm doing that homework thing.. I haven't gotten used to the idea of having to work yet. Last Monday we went to an outdoor concert of La Bomba de los Minutos which is this really cool drumming group.. and we went this Monday, too ...

... with a big flower statue in the middle. We strolled around the park for a while and then we started to walk back to the centre of town. Along the way we passed a guy who appeared to have dropped down dead for no reason. The police were all there writing on their clipboards but no-one seemed concerned about the guy. When the paramedics turned up they took the guy´s pulse and then, after deciding that he was indeed dead, they left him and drove away. Does no-one understand CPR around ...

... mausoleum. Bizarre! From there we got dropped off in the city centre to visit another recommended leather shop but, again, went off empty handed. We did have an interesting walk through the Sunday-quiet shopping district and back to our hotel via the Synagogue which was unfortunately closed. We spent the rest of afternoon wandering around the park and craft market where we saw some beautiful handmade wooden boxes, knives, jewellery and other nik-naks. Then, in keeping with the ...

... It was paid for by welathy English residents to celebrate the centenary of the city´s independence and the Park it was built in was called Plaza Britannica. Sadly, the tower was attacked by demonstrators during the Falklands War and the country´s patriotism led to the tower being renamed. The tower is now officially called Torre Monumental and the Square was patriotically renamed Plaza Fuerza Aerea Argentina - Argentina Air Force Square!

... any other travellers reading this I definitely wouldn't recommend using Tangol as a tour group for seeing Boca play, it was very poor value.

There are plenty of cheaper tours available which will give exactly the same or better experience. I even think it would be possible to book tickets yourself, maybe with the help of a ...